Jacob Saunders is the CTO of 10th Magnitude, a leading Microsoft Azure partner. He has 20 years of experience in both consulting and client roles focusing on Microsoft technologies. As CTO, Jacob guides clients towards a holistic approach to cloud adoption, with a team that specializes in data center transformation, cloud applications, DevOps, analytics, and IoT. Prior to 10th Magnitude, Jacob held leadership roles at several consulting firms.
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Azure vs AWS: A Comparison of Cloud Platform Strategies
1. Microsoft Azure
and Amazon Web Services
a comparison…
Name: Jacob Saunders
Title: CTO
Company: 10th Magnitude
2. As CTO for 10th Magnitude, one of the leading Microsoft Azure
partners, Jacob guides clients towards a business-focused and
holistic approach to cloud adoption. The team he leads specializes
in data center transformation, cloud-scale application design,
DevOps & CI/CD, analytics, and Internet of Things (IoT). Jacob has
split his 20 year career between consulting and client-side roles,
maintaining a focus on Microsoft technologies throughout. His
technical background is in infrastructure management, application
development, and business intelligence. Prior to 10th Magnitude,
Jacob held technology leadership roles at Neudesic, Slalom
Consulting, Rightpoint, and others.
10th Magnitude
3.
4.
5. The Microsoft Platform Strategy
Public, Global, Shared DatacentersMicrosoft Azure Stack
& Cloud Platform System
Security&
Management
Public
Cloud
Platform
Hybrid
Operations
Security&
Management
Hybrid
Operations
Software As a Service
• Office 365
• Microsoft CRM
• Dynamics AX
• VS Online
• Etc.
6. The Amazon Platform Strategy
Public, Global, Shared Datacenters
Security&
Management
Public
Cloud
Platform
Operations
8. Microsoft leads in core technologies, IaaS, PaaS, Private and Public Clouds
"Microsoft’s comprehensive hybrid
story, which spans applications and
platforms as well as infrastructure, is
highly attractive to many companies,
drawing them towards the cloud in
general.”
LYDIA LEONG,
GARTNER
What about
Microsoft..?
Public Cloud IaaS (May 2015) Cloud Storage (June 2015) Enterprise App PaaS (Jan 2014) Operational DBMS Systems (Oct 2015)X86 Server Virt (July 2015)
9. >90,000
New Azure customer
subscriptions/month
1.5Trillion
Messages per month
processed by Azure IoT
>500Million
Users in
Azure Active Directory
777Trillion
Storage Transactions
per day
>1.5Million
SQL Databases
running on Azure
>40%
Revenue from
Start-ups and ISVs
Azure momentum
12. Hyper scale Infrastructure is the enabler
27 Regions Worldwide, 22 online…huge capacity around the world…growing every year
100+ datacenters
Top 3 networks in the world
2.5x AWS, 7x Google DC Regions
G Series – Largest VM in World, 32 cores, 448GB Ram, SSD…
Operational
Announced/Not Operational
Central US
Iowa
West US
California
East US
Virginia
US Gov
Virginia
North Central US
Illinois
US Gov
Iowa
South Central US
Texas
Brazil South
Sao Paulo State
West Europe
Netherlands
China North *
Beijing
China South *
Shanghai
Japan East
Tokyo, Saitama
Japan West
Osaka
India South
Chennai
East Asia
Hong Kong
SE Asia
Singapore
Australia South East
Victoria
Australia East
New South Wales
* Operated by 21Vianet
India Central
Pune
Canada East
Quebec City
Canada Central
Toronto
India West
Mumbai
Germany North East
Magdeburg
Germany Central
Frankfurt
United Kingdom
Regions
North Europe
Ireland
East US 2
Virginia
13. Microsoft’s network is one of the two largest in the world
(the other one is NOT Amazon’s)
14.
15.
16. Platform Services
Infrastructure Services
Web Apps
Mobile
Apps
API
Management
API Apps
Logic Apps
Notification
Hubs
Content
Delivery
Network (CDN)
Media
Services
BizTalk
Services
Hybrid
Connections
Service Bus
Storage
Queues
Hybrid
Operations
Backup
StorSimple
Azure Site
Recovery
Import/Export
SQL
Database
DocumentDB
Redis
Cache
Azure
Search
Storage
Tables
Data
Warehouse Azure AD
Health Monitoring
AD Privileged
Identity
Management
Operational
Analytics
Cloud
Services
Batch
RemoteApp
Service
Fabric
Visual Studio
App
Insights
Azure
SDK
VS Online
Domain Services
HDInsight Machine
Learning
Stream
Analytics
Data
Factory
Event
Hubs
Mobile
Engagement
Data
Lake
IoT Hub
Data
Catalog
Security &
Management
Azure Active
Directory
Multi-Factor
Authentication
Automation
Portal
Key Vault
Store/
Marketplace
VM Image Gallery
& VM Depot
Azure AD
B2C
Scheduler
The Azure Platform (October 2015)
20. Azure Compliance
The largest compliance portfolio in the industry
HIPAA /
HITECH
FedRAMP JAB
P-ATO
FIPS 140-2 FERPA DISA Level 2 ITAR-readyCJIS21 CFR
Part 11
IRS 1075 Section 508
VPAT
ISO 27001 PCI DSS Level 1SOC 1 Type 2 SOC 2 Type 2 ISO 27018Cloud Controls
Matrix
Content Delivery and
Security Association
Shared
Assessments
European Union
Model Clauses
United Kingdom
G-Cloud
Singapore
MTCS Level 3
Australian
Signals
Directorate
Japan
Financial Services
China Multi
Layer Protection
Scheme
China
CCCPPF
New
Zealand
GCIO
China
GB 18030
EU Safe
Harbor
ENISA
IAF
21. Leadership in
Transparency
Independently
verified
Relentless on
Security
Your Privacy
Matter
Service
Continuity
You know ‘where’ data
resides, ‘who’ can access it
and ‘what’ we do
with it
DC Transparency
Compliance with World
Class Industry standards
verified by 3rd parties
Excellence in cutting edge
security practices
Encryption at Rest across
various services
Network Security Groups,
Key Vault
Privacy policy specific to
Azure.
ISO 27018 privacy
standards
No Data is used for
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Contractual commitments
Law enforcement request
Financially backed SLAs
across all GA Services
Azure
You know ‘where’ data
resides, ‘who’ can access it
and ‘what’ we do with it
Don’t disclose DCs
architecture details
Compliance with World
Class Industry standards
verified by 3rd parties
Excellence in cutting edge
security practices
Encryption at Rest & HSM
Firewalls/Network ACLs
Amazon.com Privacy policy
Data can be used for
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Limited contractual
commitment
Ask customers to absorb
cost for Law enforcement
requests notificatoons
SLA is only available with
EC2, EBS ,S3,CloudFront &
RDS
AWS
23. 24
Azure Hybrid Cloud
Develop & Test Team
On-Premise Datacenter
Deploy
Microsoft SQL Server
Secure Channel
(VPN or Express Route)
Bare Metal Servers
Windows Azure Pack / Stack
Hyper-V Private Cloud
Windows Server Active Directory
Develop & Test on Virtual Machines
24. HYBRID STORAGE StorSimple + Azure Storage
HYBRID DATABASE SQL Server 2016 StretchDB + Azure SQL DB
HYBRID CONSISTENCY Azure Stack + Cloud Platform System
HYBRID APP INTEGRATION Azure ServiceBus + BizTalk Services
HYBRID IDENTITY Azure Active Directory
HYBRID CLOUD MANAGEMENT Operations Management Suite + System Center
HYBRID BACKUP + DR Azure Backup + Azure Site Recovery
HYBRID CONNECTIVITY VPN + ExpressRoute
Editor's Notes
Why this Slide:
This is the Key Differentiator – no one else is going to help the customer in their own DC, has a world class public cloud which is also a SaaS platform and has killer SaaS apps as well – Customers want all this – we have it.
Key Points:
Start setting the stage for what is Azure – very high level – it’s IaaS AND PaaS on top of a global DC infra – but it’s just software
We can/will bring this software stack on-prem to help the customer with their own DC challenges
We have killer SaaS apps that help the customer stop doing things – like running email systems.
Our Platform is a platform for SaaS – if the customer is an ISV – benefits are building higher value SaaS service and/or keeping the “old” model of selling into the Customer DC…
Position the Competition – Old Guard on left (IBM, Oracle, HP), Cloud Platform Vendors (AWS, Google) on the right only, Salesforce in the middle (only) – MSFT does it all.
Transition to NEXT Slide: Summary – our strategy is 100% aligned to your strategy – but don’t just take my word for it, let’s see what some key influencers have to say…
Why this Slide:
This is the Key Differentiator – no one else is going to help the customer in their own DC, has a world class public cloud which is also a SaaS platform and has killer SaaS apps as well – Customers want all this – we have it.
Key Points:
Start setting the stage for what is Azure – very high level – it’s IaaS AND PaaS on top of a global DC infra – but it’s just software
We can/will bring this software stack on-prem to help the customer with their own DC challenges
We have killer SaaS apps that help the customer stop doing things – like running email systems.
Our Platform is a platform for SaaS – if the customer is an ISV – benefits are building higher value SaaS service and/or keeping the “old” model of selling into the Customer DC…
Position the Competition – Old Guard on left (IBM, Oracle, HP), Cloud Platform Vendors (AWS, Google) on the right only, Salesforce in the middle (only) – MSFT does it all.
Transition to NEXT Slide: Summary – our strategy is 100% aligned to your strategy – but don’t just take my word for it, let’s see what some key influencers have to say…
Annual view since inception – Gartner Magic Quadrant last 4 years
Why this Slide:
Extra weight to tell the story of our unique strategy – IMPORTANT – you are not selling a product or even a platform – you are really selling a long term vision – and you have to sell this high up.
Key Points:
Don’t go into any detail here, don’t get drawn into any specific MQ
MAIN POINT – MSFT continues to innovate – we are a true software and platform company and we have been doing this for 30 years (this is a dig at AWS mainly)
We are persistent – we strive but don’t always succeed to be the leader (be humble, but land that we have long term horizons, we will be there, we don’t back away from hard problems)
Transition to NEXT Slide: So let’s start understanding in more detail WHAT is Azure.
Why this Slide:
This is SUCH a big investment – it’s a game for only very few. It’s not new for us – we have been doing this for our own services and our consumer/web properties for 20+ years
Key Points:
Where are we – EVERYWHERE…!
How big is this - $15+ B and counting – this is serious, we continue to bet big and you can count on us
Talk about DC innovation – DC Efficiency and Gen 5 data centers.
Scale – at this scale you do get efficiencies – the main one being POWER
Remember our “strategy” – we will be in the major places, but not everywhere – we have Azure Stack/Hosters for that.
Transition to NEXT Slide: This is the physical infrastructure that Azure sits on, now lets talk about Azure the PLATFORM
Why this Slide:
This is SUCH a big investment – it’s a game for only very few. It’s not new for us – we have been doing this for our own services and our consumer/web properties for 20+ years
Key Points:
Where are we – EVERYWHERE…!
How big is this - $15+ B and counting – this is serious, we continue to bet big and you can count on us
Talk about DC innovation – DC Efficiency and Gen 5 data centers.
Scale – at this scale you do get efficiencies – the main one being POWER
Remember our “strategy” – we will be in the major places, but not everywhere – we have Azure Stack/Hosters for that.
Transition to NEXT Slide: This is the physical infrastructure that Azure sits on, now lets talk about Azure the PLATFORM
Why this Slide:
It shows we have a very broad platform. It about BOTH IaaS and PaaS, that these work together. It shows that we continue to lead in world class IT capabilities and that there’s really nothing missing.
Key Points:
We have already seen how the Azure Platform is IaaS + Pass – but I want you to understand that this is a huge number of capabilities – IT building blocks if you will.
Every one of these blocks you provision anytime, self-service anywhere in the world 24x7. You pay for what you use, you can get more or less anytime and you can fully automate everything…
DON’T spent too much time on this slide – you are going to DEMO (aren’t you!!!)… DON’T go through each block…
Transition to NEXT Slide: Make the build go backwards to show JUST IaaS and then you will go to the demo to show it.
Build order is On-Premise, then Office 365, then Azure
Placement of SharePoint virtual machines in cloud services
This diagram builds on the previous diagrams by adding the SharePoint farm server roles in their respective cloud services.
Two database virtual machines reside on one cloud service.
The other cloud service includes two virtual machines for each of the following roles: front end servers, distributed cache servers, and back end servers.
The following table provides configuration recommendations for these virtual machines in Azure. Use the recommendations in the following table as a starting point for designing your own environment—even for a dedicated domain where your Azure environment doesn’t communicate with your on-premises environment.
Item: VM size in Azure
Configuration: Small
Operating system: Windows Server 2012
Active Directory role:
AD DS domain controller designated as a global catalog server. This configuration reduces egress traffic across the VPN connection.
In a multidomain environment with high rates of change (this is not common), configure domain controllers on premises not to sync with the global catalog servers in Azure, to reduce replication traffic.
DNS role: Install and configure Windows DNS on the domain controllers.
Data disks: Place the Windows Server AD DS database, logs, and SYSVOL on Azure data disks. Do not place these on the operating system disk or the temporary disks provided by Azure.
IP addresses: Use dynamic addresses.
Why this Slide:
This is SUCH a big investment – it’s a game for only very few. It’s not new for us – we have been doing this for our own services and our consumer/web properties for 20+ years
Key Points:
Where are we – EVERYWHERE…!
How big is this - $15+ B and counting – this is serious, we continue to bet big and you can count on us
Talk about DC innovation – DC Efficiency and Gen 5 data centers.
Scale – at this scale you do get efficiencies – the main one being POWER
Remember our “strategy” – we will be in the major places, but not everywhere – we have Azure Stack/Hosters for that.
Transition to NEXT Slide: This is the physical infrastructure that Azure sits on, now lets talk about Azure the PLATFORM
Why this Slide:
This is SUCH a big investment – it’s a game for only very few. It’s not new for us – we have been doing this for our own services and our consumer/web properties for 20+ years
Key Points:
Where are we – EVERYWHERE…!
How big is this - $15+ B and counting – this is serious, we continue to bet big and you can count on us
Talk about DC innovation – DC Efficiency and Gen 5 data centers.
Scale – at this scale you do get efficiencies – the main one being POWER
Remember our “strategy” – we will be in the major places, but not everywhere – we have Azure Stack/Hosters for that.
Transition to NEXT Slide: This is the physical infrastructure that Azure sits on, now lets talk about Azure the PLATFORM